Type: | Cardinal |
Honorific Prefix: | His Eminence |
Henri de Gondi | |
Cardinal de Retz,[1] Bishop of Paris | |
Church: | Roman Catholic Church |
Appointed: | 2 November 1596 |
Ended: | 13 August 1622 |
Consecration: | 1 March 1598 |
Consecrated By: | Pierre de Gondi |
Cardinal: | 26 March 1618 |
Created Cardinal By: | Paul V |
Birth Place: | Paris, Kingdom of France |
Death Date: | 13 August 1622 (aged 49-50) |
Death Place: | Paris, Kingdom of France |
Henri de Gondi (1572 – 13 August 1622) was a French bishop and cardinal of the Gondi family. He was the son of Albert de Gondi, duc de Retz[2] and Claude Catherine de Clermont-Tonnerre. He succeeded his uncle Pierre de Gondi as bishop of Paris in 1598 and was succeeded on his death by his younger brother Jean-François de Gondi. He was made a cardinal in 1618.[3] [4]